In a lengthy post, Gates of Vienna posts recommendations on women’s rights and Sharia law:
- Participating States must point out to all religious groups that men and women enjoy quality before the law. In addition, participating states should punish violations according to the law.
- Participating states should particularly focus on the following:
1. Inheritance laws must be enforced equally for men and women. 2. Testimony from a woman must be considered equal to that of a man. 3. Corporal punishments inflicted from men on women must be strictly prohibited and, if prohibited by law, the law must be enforced and perpetrator be brought to justice.
- The practice of polygamy must be punished under the law.
- In order to make gender equality a reality, it is necessary that participating states establish the basic conditions for a minimum of economic security.
Why should these recommendations generate such controversy?
Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff of Pax Europa was accused of hate speech for having made this statement:
We have to decide if we’re going to perish under a self-inflicted anvil of political correctness, or whether we believe in equal rights for all.
It’s not hate speech, it’s human rights.
“It’s not hate speech, it’s human rights.”
This needs to be cast in bronze (and then used to beat anyone over the head that suggests that PC is superior to common sense.)
Well done Fausta, damn well done!
Thanks, GM. I might needlepoint it!
Greetings:
For a while now, I have been hoping that someone in what used to be the US of A would give our Muslim brothers and sisters a good, return dose of lawfare. It seems to me that if someone is a self-proclaimed Muslim that they support/believe the hate and violence found in the Koran. To my non-legally trained mind, this would create a hostile work environment at the very least.
Actual concerns for human rights is the new hate speech. Thank you Fausta for bringing this important issue forward to your readers.
Here in Finland, the situation is as intolerable, with state trying and convicting those who simply state the truth as did Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff in Vienna.
In Finland, the truth is no longer deemed as a proper defence when dealing with issues that are Islam related. KGS
Thank you so much for posting this important piece. It is of utmost importance that Americans realize what this is all about.
I will continue my work at the OSCE, and I would appreciate your continuing to post about it.
Thank you so much.
Thank you for your work, Elisabeth, and please stay in touch. My email is faustaw2 “at” gmail “dot” com.
That must be gratifying to have such a person make contact and offer thanks. The problem is that are we making new allies and strength or merely clinging to each other for some slight shelter in the deluge?
Pat, we are definitely making new allies. The Catholic bloc is starting to tilt towards our side. It precisely the talking (with the other side, of course)we do in the corridors that makes all the difference.
What we despertely need is US and Canadian support. NGOs that register and attend the meetings. We have to act as a bloc vis-a-vis the Muslim bloc.
I hope Fausta will publish all or some of my report on what transpired last week. If not, Gates of Vienna or http://www.europenews.dk is a good place to look for the report.
# The practice of polygamy must be punished under the law.
… or polyandry should be allowed. Either way.
“It’s not hate speech, it’s human rights.”
This needs to be cast in bronze (and then used to beat anyone over the head that suggests that PC is superior to common sense.)
Or inscribed on a bronze knife used to slit their throats. Much more effective that way
:oD